100% Pinot Noir.  From La Côte des Bar, 10 g/l.  Disgorged February 2012.

A cerise pink color.  Plump, round and ready nose with christmas punch intensity.  On the palate, a red berry temptress: voluptuous and lavishly fruited.  Medium body.  Soft, rolling mousse.  There is a slight spun sugar sweetness that works quite well here: plush, expressive fruit that dovetails nicely into a raspberry life saver of a finish.  Forward but we got a kick out of the swollen amplitude on display here.  Drink soon.